Been thinking this over a lot CDC...and I've determined there is nothing here for me anymore. I keep getting lambasted and ridiculed for promoting peace, love and understanding..and it's now gotten to the point where I feel sick every time I log in here. I am washing my hands of this place, as well as several other internet forums. Nothing's wrong with peace love and understanding. Namaste, and Farewell.

For all the Sublime fans here...I offer this...see if you can't discern the influence. Slightly Stoopid are a great band...a great chill band...and in much the same vein as Sublime or the Long Beach Dub All-Stars

One Zen student said, "My teacher is the best. He can go days without eating." The second said, "My teacher has so much self-control, he can go days without sleep." The third said, "My teacher is so wise that he eats when he's hungry and sleeps when he's tired."

Edward Snowden is my new hero. Sick of all the people here in the US who are still calling this man a traitor...he blew the whistle on unlawful practices...he exposed a crime...since when is exposing a crime a crime? Is tattletaling a crime now if it's tattling on the government? **** that. Snowden had the guts to expose the truth even at the cost of his own freedom. He is a hero.

I agree. The amount of freedoms the American citizenry were willing to forefeit in the name of "the war on terror" shortly after 9/11/01 is absolutely frightenning. Good on Snowden for shining a light on these atrocious espionage practices.

Really taking the "Punk" part of his name pretty seriously...what a thrill that must have been for both Punk and Rancid. Good band...Lars Fredriksen is one hell of a ska/punk guitarist....Have all their albums. Gotta say I am disappointed hearing that Cult of Personality has been scrapped...but maybe the WWE figured more people would know who Rancid is than Living Colour..although I kinda doubt that. I'm glad to know they are touring again though, Rancid..might have to check the tour dates. Thanks man.

Hey man. totally agree on most of what you said with the major agreement being they made a huge mistake letting Raven go but before that humiliating him by sticking him on Sunday Night Heat. Also wasn't pleased with the way they treated Tazz but that's another rant for another time. Raven is one of my favorite wrestlers of all time mostly because it was through his t-shirts and a little research I discovered the Sandman comic books which became my favorite comic books. Huge Flash fan too but nothing comes close to Sandman for me. anyway, I digress. Dreamer is in good standing with the WWE. He and Joey and RVD and Heyman were all present at this year's Hall of Fame Ceremony. He does not work for them though. He's a regular on the independent circuit and pretty much goes wherever he's needed...guy just loves to wrestle.

I enjoyed the conversation...it's cool to get different viewpoints on things sometimes. for the record, Dreamer is 42 now and continues to work for various independent promotions...I don't think he'll be hanging it up anytime soon. He just loves to wrestle. Perhaps it's the Terry Funk influence, or the fact that Funk mentored Dreamer during the Hardcore Legend's stints in ECW...but I don't think Dreamer is done yet..not by a VERY long shot.

Cmon man...do you not remember that whole Collin Delaney nonsense? Scrapping the Hardcore belt was the worst thing WWE ever did in my opinion...and Dreamer had more talent..more innovation..more heart in him than half the wrestlers on the roster when he was forced to "retire". If the WWE had had an ounce of dignity they would have re-signed him. But whatever, past is past..it's over now and done with. Sandman WAS disrespected in TNA. I never said he wasn't.
Sandman's character...you shave him bald...put a vest on him, give him a goatee a knee brace and take away the Singapore Cane...then give him Mikey Whipwreck's finishing move- Voila..Stone Cold Steve Austin. And since Sandman was doing his schtick LONG before Stunning steve Austin became Stone Cold Steve austin...ironically enough after Austin had misappropriated the Whipper Snapper after losing to Mikey and Sandman in 95 at December to Dismember when Sandman won the ECW title...it seems to me like Austin is merely a hybrid of Whipwreck and Sandman, just as Ryback is merely a hybrid of the War Machine Rhino and Goldberg.